Without this, "lldbclient.py -r ls --help" fails, because the lldb/gdb server handles the "--help" argument rather than passing it through to the program being started. Test: lldbclient.py --lldb -r /system/bin/ls --help Test: gdbclient.py --no-lldb -r /system/bin/ls --help Change-Id: I76c7e73b535125ea96f5435bbfe99099786956c1